Why can't they just portray computers in films the way they really are?

Now wait there while I post this comment by bypassing the main encryption server through a back door worm program and download the evil virus onto the mainframe and then type the word 'hack' to get in.

(Joking)

Casino Royale shows you can do violence without too much blood, Casino Royal actually comes accross as more violent.

Even the fucks i can do without (if they leave the important one in) but i just wanted something apart from other action films.

Wiseman is a capable director he just is very average. There is not a single thing wrong with Underworld, just nothing memorable in it, he doesn't give his action scenes any urgency or tension.

PREACH IT... BROTHER!!!

I don't think I remember being this let down by so many films in one summer before.

I'll try to repress my curiosity, which will definitely be difficult...

Can't wait for Greengrass and Damon to return... Forget the haters and their hand held camera hate...

Coincidence?

Strip away all complications, cutting between different locations and over complicated mcguffins.

I thought that McClanes daughter would have been the perfect solution to this.

Put all the terrorist plot aside and have the film concentrate on one simple thing - mcclane getting his daughter before time runs out.

Underworld had cool effects and fighting but it all just felt like a dance in much the same way most of the action in the Matrix sequals did.

Also I think having a comic sidekick strips away some tension as it's hard to keep up the reality of a dangerous situation when mcclane is making fun of mac guy.

The films this year seemed like sure fire success but people got complacent.

"Theres like a load of dudes and chicks on an island! But what the fuck is the island, it's awesome thats what, but fucking mysterious like in a totaly wierd way man. But then it isn't jack in the past it's like jack in the future doin his fuckin jack face all over a big beard and being like 'waaaaah, i'm sad and gay'. And then locke throws a knife and it fucks a chick in the back and then they call a big motherfuckin boat and it says LOST on the screen!"

Not sure what he saw in Len Wiseman's hyper kinetic style... I'm on the fence here... Tired of seeing MTV edited action sequences, but I don't want the movie to bomb because bruce seems cool...

Instead we will probably get the pretty but uneffective MTV style flashy directing with too many pop culture jokes.

Die Hard should never be aware of itself as a Die Hard film, it should be a hark back to the days before we where all post-modern savy and critical of everything we see.

He probably thought a lot of films like Striking Distance would be as good as Die Hard and until he saw the finished package he couldn't understand why they wouldn't be.

Wiseman keeps saying he let Bruce make a lot of the calls on set because he knew the character better than anyone else.

It's not hard to capture the character, it is hard to make a genuinley exciting action film.

Yeah, it looks like McClane in DH4 is all over the place, but at least there are plenty of times where he's enclosed in a building, elevator shaft, tunnel, etc.

But if you haven't, you gotta download that interview because we see the John McClane that we keep coming back for. I say it'll do anywhere from $60-80 million. Nothing below that. Any of those numbers would be a success and you assholes out there who will compare it to Pirates or Spidey or Lord of the Rings are just idiots. It ain't going to break $100 million opening weekend. Studio doesn't expect it to. It's not the kind of pick that will pull in numbers like that. $60 million will be a huge success, and if this pops $180 million domestically... even $160 million, it'll be a success and I wouldn't doubt that there will be a DH5 coming. And I'm all for it.

It feels awkward at first because we're so tuned into the first two DH movies. DH2 (I don't count DH3) came out in '90. That's 17 years ago! So yeah, it'll be weird to see a new incarnation of Die Hard.

But it plays. It's only about eight minutes, so you can't judge either way on it, but it plays. It's a NEW Die Hard movie people. John McClane is 20 some years older than the guy we knew in DH. Can't wait to check it out.

There doesn't seem to be anyone making lots of action films that are succesful though. Martin Cambel i would have classed as a very dull action director until i seen Casino Royale.

I think with action it is a case of good choreography, directing, script and editing are all needed to make it feel right. An average director can prob do brilliant action with the right team.

One of the things I seem to notice about modern directors, is that they let the 2nd unit Director direct most of the action sequences. I know 2nd unit saves time and money but come on! I'm getting really tired hearing Simon Crane directing all the action in X3 and did Mr. and Mrs smith if i'm not mistaken?

Direct your own action Directors! Damn that makes me mad... I wonder if Len Wiseman let the 2nd unit handle most of the action?

I loved that Nolan shot everything himself on Batman Begins and didn't want a 2nd unit...

Then as the film goes on he should start swearing then find a pack of smokes and a hiip flask on a terrorist and say something like "Fuck discipline, discipline never saved the country" before flicking a ciggarette into some gas and blowing them all to hell.

That's what John Die Hard would do.

DH.4 looks at least as good as 3 which was Die Hard Lite so it's at least worth a trip out. Fingers crossed.

It's not movie violence that could drive a man to murder, it's the outdated and flawed concept of censorship, and the hubris of its supporters.

Honestly I can't stand parasites like Dr. Fredric Wertham and Mary Whitehouse. Don't worry, they're both worm-food now, so there's no chance of being sued for defamation, slander or libel. But I would love to dig up their corpses and defecate on them - except I'm too lazy. So it goes.

Also, what a depressing thought about action directors. It's horrible to admit, but Bay is pretty much the top guy - purely by default. The younger guys (Wiseman, Wimmer) have turned out to be shit and the older guys (McTiernan) lost it a while back. James Cameron is returnin, though, so that gives me a glimmer of hope. He's beenunder the water for a while, however, so I hope he doesn't go all George Lucas on us. Fuck, that would really be depressing.